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My genre of choice. I love not only the escaping to far away places but also exploring interesting ideas and even, at times, learning a bit along the way. My current authors of choice include Londoner China Miéville but I am also a fan of the big authors: Isaac Asimov, Greg Benford, Frank Herbert, Greg Bear, Stephen Baxter…I always think it is good to try others so I am not afraid to try something new, let me know if you have any suggestions.

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Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer thumbnail In the 25th century borders between countries no longer exist but instead seven factions or “hives” have governed the planet for centuries. Sensayer (sort of a professional spiritual guide for hire) Mycroft… 2024-01-14
Book Review Tactics of Mistake by Gordon R. Dickson thumbnail Dickson's fourth written work in the Childe Cycle sees a talented Alliance tactician Cletus Grahame travel to Kultis where the Alliance is supporting Bakhalla, an exotic colony, in a war against their… 2023-08-06
Book Review Provenance by Ann Leckie thumbnail Ingray Augskold is the adopted child of a wealthy family from Hwae. Seeking Netano, her foster-mother's, appointment as head of the family above her more favoured sibling Danach, she travels to Tyr Siilas… 2023-04-15
Book Review Launch Something! by Myung-hoon Bae thumbnail From Amazon: Earth is experiencing a sweltering heatwave caused by a second “sun” a shining object in the sky that either looks like Pac-Man or a pizza missing a slice, depending on who you ask. As this… 2023-04-07
Book Review Galactic Cluster by James Blish thumbnail Though now largely unknown, James Blish wrote a considerable amount of Science Fiction including, notably, adapting various Star Trek episodes which were published in a series of books, and the “Cities… 2022-09-18
Book Review Moving Mars by Greg Bear thumbnail A fan of hard(ish) Science Fiction, Greg Bear always does appeal to me but in “Moving Mars” he mixes in more than a bit of political intrigue. Casseia is a student on Mars who stages a rebellion with… 2022-08-21
Book Review Death Wave by Ben Bova thumbnail In this sequel to his novel “New Earth”, Jordan Kell returns to Earth having led the first human mission beyond the solar system with his wife New Earth-born Aditi. It is hundreds of years after their… 2022-05-23
Book Review Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie thumbnail Thousands of years in the future we meet Breq who we learn is an ancillary: A remote AI formerly attached to the Radch starship “Justice of Toren”. On a remote ice planet she encounters Seivarden who… 2022-03-13
Book Review The Rosetta Man by Claire McCague thumbnail When two aliens arrive on Earth but appear to be unable to communicate professor Harry Hatarei calls on his friend Estlin (“Lyndie”) Hume who has a rather unusual talent: He can communicate, in a way,… 2021-12-30
Book Review The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson thumbnail In a future Shanghai, a young girl, little Nell, acquires the “Young Lady's Illustrated Primer” – A piece of high technology that not only teaches her how to read and write but also how protect herself… 2021-11-21
Book Review Dust by Hugh Howey thumbnail The final novel of the “Silo” series finds Juliette, mayor of silo 18 using an uncovered excavator to dig to silo 17, where Solo and his family…along with a scattered population of other survivors await…. 2021-10-10
Book Review Shift by Hugh Howey thumbnail “Shift” takes us to how the underground silos of the first book (“Wool”) were created, showing the other side of the story. We follow young congressman Donald Keene as he is tasked by senator Thurman… 2021-10-04
Book Review Vox by Christina Dalcher thumbnail After the religious right seize power in the United States they enact a series of reforms to return to the idea of a nuclear family with the mother at home cooking and taking care of the children. To… 2021-07-31
Book Review Wool by Hugh Howey thumbnail In a huge 140 story underground bunker, a society attempts to survive with only a video screen showing them the outside. After their sheriff is sent outside to perform a “cleaning” - Sent out through… 2021-02-20
Book Review Anathem by Neal Stephenson thumbnail Erasmus (Raz) is a young “avout” living in a “Concent”, a massive complex of ancient buildings housing mathematicians, scientists and philosophers who follow various ceremonies. The Concent is divided… 2021-01-16
Book Review Transformers: Retribution by David J. Williams, and Mark S. Williams thumbnail This is the final book in the “History of the War for Cybertron” series telling the story of the Transformers before they reach earth in the animated television series and the Michael Bay films. The… 2020-11-28
Book Review Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky thumbnail A small artificial satellite orbiting a remote planet protects an experiment involving an infection of a nano-virus accelerating the development of the species inhabiting the planet and in doing so, hopefully,… 2020-11-14
Book Review Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories (Volume 2) by Isaac Asimov thumbnail In the second, and final, volume of Isaac Asimov's “The Complete Stories” 23 previously published short stories from between 1941 and 1976 are collected including his award winning 1976 “Bicentennial Man”… 2020-09-27
Book Review I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay by Harlan Ellison, and Isaac Asimov thumbnail Science Fiction author Isaac Asimov is perhaps best known for his novel “I, Robot” which, in fact, is a series of short stories which were originally published in American pulp magazines “Super Science… 2020-09-04
Book Review Terminator Salvation: Trial By Fire by Timothy Zahn thumbnail Following on from the events of the Terminator Salvation film resistance fighters Barnes and Blair are sent to recover the body of their fallen friend in the dessert where they… 2020-05-15